‘Seeing red’ in national parks: How visitors’ values affect perceptions and park experiences

摘要: Abstract People’s reasons for visiting national parks have been well researched. So too their park activities and how diverse potentially affect visitors’ experiences (e.g. perceptions of overcrowding). Far less research has examined users’ environmental values might other users the appropriateness different – a potential source conflict. Relationships between personal social are complex interactive in context visitation. Visitors’ encounters with can powerfully experience enjoyment parks, turn reflecting such factors as values-related expectations judgments parks. Personal may also play an important role influencing whether perceived ‘out place’ place meaning, yet conceptualization within geographic literature on remains comparatively weak. This paper utilizes definition values, derived from concise review geography psychology literatures, to explain results survey we undertook Queensland, Australia. We use ‘values-behavior hierarchy’ conceptual framework consider sample visitors ( n  = 404) affected patterns visitation, user activities, conflicts. Findings suggest that shaped they activities. international implications disciplines professions involved use, human impacts, these powerful places.